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Game theory uses numbers as approximations not exact values

Game theorists do not assume rewards can be exactly quantified; rather, by assigning specific numbers to represent payoffs, they make interactions precise enough to analyze, accepting that this is a good-enough approximation rather than a true measurement.

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Cailin O'Connor

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we can use specific numbers to represent those rewards, and then by making them precise, we can get a kind of good enough or approximate representation

Source

113 | Cailin O'Connor on Game Theory, Evolution, and the Origins of UnfairnessSean Carroll's Mindscape
Created: 6/13/2026, 12:26:23 AM

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